Word: favor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...count was necessary in order to ensure a fair tabulation of the votes and give election-day passions in the volatile nation a chance to cool down. Arias supporters charged that President Marco Aurelio Robles was really only buying time so that the ballot boxes could be stuffed in favor of his government candidate, former Finance Minister David Samudio...
...Ride exists in passive limbo between art and product and, like Blow-Up, reminds us how much can be created from a skeletal dramatic narrative. Its surf, cycle, and psychedelic setting is seldom exploited as such, and even the semi-mystery which motivates the plot is largely abandoned in favor of extended description of a bittersweet life-style gone slightly out of hand. The Sweet Ride tries to beat the trappings of its own genre by being a little better. It is, and its inevitable disappearance on Wednesday should not go entirely unnoticed, nor should we necessarily ignore the Orpheum...
Ginzburg was unchastened. Prepared with two press releases, one for a verdict in his favor, one for the verdict that the jury delivered, he immediately announced his intention to appeal. Whether he eventually wins or loses, one thing is certain: few individuals have been as influential as Ralph Ginzburg in pushing the courts toward a refinement of legal definitions...
Comment on recent court rulings added considerable heat to the debate. Arkansas' John McClellan, his voice hoarse and quaking, asked: "Do you favor a continuation of rulings that push the spiral of crime upward and upward? We had better quit trying to find alibis and excuses as to why the law cannot be enforced and get down to enforcing it." In one remarkable bit of rhetoric, Louisiana's Russell Long explained why American Bar Association lawyers opposed the attempt to curb the court. "They have a vested interest in crime," said Long. "Why should they give...
...internal. "Black athletes sometimes feel that it is more necessary to succeed and be better," Winfild said. This kind of problem bothered Williamson in high school, and although he finds little such pressure at Harvard, he said that "the basic mentality of society is 'We're doing you a favor and so you've got to earn...